2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Sheave  \Sheave\,  n.  [Akin  to  OD  schijve  orb,  disk,  wheel,  D. 
  schiff,  G.  scheibe  Icel.  sk[=i]fa  a  shaving,  slice;  cf  Gr 
  ???  a  staff.  Cf  {Shift},  v.,  {Shive}.] 
  A  wheel  having  a  groove  in  the  rim  for  a  rope  to  work  in  and 
  set  in  a  block,  mast,  or  the  like  the  wheel  of  a  pulley. 
 
  {Sheave  hole},  a  channel  cut  in  a  mast,  yard,  rail,  or  other 
  timber,  in  which  to  fix  a  sheave. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Sheave  \Sheave\,  v.  t.  [See  {Sheaf}  of  straw.] 
  To  gather  and  bind  into  a  sheaf  or  sheaves;  hence  to 
  collect.  --Ashmole. 

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